By Kim Saulse
9 July 2009
A leading South African bank has fitted 11 ATMs around the Cape Peninsula with pepper spray cans in an effort to prevent card skimming and ATM bombing.
This action was taken following the recent spate of ATM bombings nationwide.
The plan, has however proven to be unsafe for ATM users. During a routine maintenance check up in Fish Hoek, pepper spray fitted in an ATM was accidentally released. Three people received medical treatment after inhalation.
A spokesperson for the bank says the new technology uses cameras at high-risk ATMs.
The cameras are programmed to decide whether anyone may be interfering with the slots, which is what criminals usually tinker with when they are inserting a bombing or card-skimming device.
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